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RIM Is No Longer a Top Five Smartphone Maker
0By: Kuljit Grewal | July 29th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
According to research firm IDC, Research in Motion (RIM) has motioned its way out of the top five ranking of Smartphone manufacturers based on market share. According to the report, the shift in position comes following steady decline in un...
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Ontario’s COM DEV is Influencing the Way the Next Great Space Telescope Will Work
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 28th, 2012 | Business, Living, News, O Canada
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the famed Hubble Space Telescope’s successor and a key part in our future as it pertains to space exploration and discovery. Designed to thrive further into space than its predecessor, the telescope will not be launched or ...
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Fido Will Be Bringing The LTE Bone Home Too
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 28th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones
According to the most recent Fido press release, the Canadian telco will be bringing LTE service nation-wide beginning later this summer. Major cities will be the first to adopt the new network, including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal and St. Johns, with smaller cities receiving the same speeds later this year. &nb...
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Amazon is Looking to Introduce up to Six New Tablets
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 27th, 2012 | Business, News, Tablets
Iconic e-commerce, consumer electronics and cloud computing services company Amazon is looking to expand their family of tablets which currently features the 7” Kindle Fire. The confirmation for up to six new tablets of various sizes including one featuring a 10” display comes via Staples president Demos Parneros and
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Square Continues to Score Major Funding and Valuations
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 27th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, Smartphones, Tablets
Mobile payments appears to be the next industry for tech giants Google and Apple, however a relatively young player is making a splash in a big way. Square, who feature a signature bite sized card reader that plugs into the earphone jack of iPhones and iPads to read and instantly process credit card payments is the biggest name in mobile payments today. ...
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QuadLook – Adding Dimensions to the Way We Search the Internet
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 27th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada
Searching the internet has become more important than ever thanks to the vast amounts of content and traffic that occurs on a daily basis. Using technology to optimize the search process and experience has long been a breadwinner for various firms as well as a way to bring information to people in better ways than those prior. A Toronto-based company is looking to take search to yet a...
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BlackBerry Expected to Release New 4G LTE Capable PlayBook Soon
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Tablets
According to an internal document at Bell Canada, BlackBerry will introduce a device July 31, 2012 that will have full 4G LTE capability. Although this post is the result of a Bell document, we fully expect PlayBooks to be made available from other carriers as well. According to the aforementioned document, the new 7” device has a listed price of $549.95. It features 1GB RAM, a 1.5 ...
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NEA Introduces a $2.6 Billion Fund, Largest in VC History
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News
Silicon Valley based VC veteran New Enterprise Associates (NEA), who already boast the title of being one of the largest such firms in the world has just taken things to a whole new level. According to various sources, the firm has just raised its 14th fund, which totals a whopping $2.6 billion. This is believed to be the largest such fund ...
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Payment Platform Braintree is Coming to Canada
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Tablets
Wildly popular e-commerce and m-commerce payment platform Braintree, is expanding their services internationally. The overall expansion will span 30 countries including Canada, Australia and the UK among others. Braintree offers simple and effective mobile and online payment solutions for over 2000 companies including start-ups like
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WORD IS: Facebook Enlisting HTC to Build a Phone for Mid-2013
By: Kuljit Grewal | July 26th, 2012 | Business, News, Smartphones, Social Media
According to several sources with intimate knowledge of the goings on, Facebook (FB) has enlisted the help of manufacturer HTC Corp. in order to create a Smartphone. The device is expected to be released in mid-2013 to allow HTC to focus on various other products beforehand. Alth...
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